Primary Party

The Indian schools are now out for their summer break.Our kids on the other hand are in the International schools which go until June like the schools back home. Our Primary has a summer camp each year and our kids had to miss the camp last year. They also plan most of the Primary activities around the kids school year, but our kids end up not being able to go to most of them because they are held while our kids are in school. This year the Primary President came to me and asked which days our kids have off school because she didn't want them to be left out. Also, this year they weren't going to have the summer camp because they didn't have the budget for it. I told her that our kids had Friday off school because of Good Friday, but until June that would be the only day other than Saturday or Sunday. They agreed that Friday would be the best day for the Primary Activity this year. They debated a few options for the activity. They couldn't agree on a place to have it because they wanted to have it at a park, but Cubbon Park was too far and they couldn't think of any parks that were closer. I listened to them go back an forth for a while and then I asked if the kids would know how to swim. From that second on there was no question where to have the Primary Activity.

I woke up this morning and it was cloudy and looked like rain. I got a call from the Primary President who wanted to know if we should cancel the activity. I told her no, I had already booked the party hall and if it is bad weather, we could just play games inside. She agreed and we postponed it for an hour hoping that it would clear up by then. I sent Vijay over to the church to pick up some of the kids, and they arranged for another car to bring the rest. They showed up and I fully expected none of them to have swim suits. The parents here are very paranoid, for a lack of better word, about getting sick. If it is an overcast day people here don't even drink cold water because you will get a cold. SURPRISE!! They all had swimsuits except for 2 girls that, one didn't own a suit so I was planning on lending one of Ellies to her, and the other one's mom is the Primary President and forgot it as she was running out the door.  By the time they came, it was sunny and hot! They were so excited. Many of them had never been in a pool, and the ones who had didn't really know how to swim, but could do the doggie paddle. It was so fun to see them be so excited to go swimming. Even the leaders who didn't bring their suits jumped in the pool when they saw the kids having so much fun. After swimming we had pizza and played a few games in the clubhouse and then it was time to go. All of the primary kids were so exhausted by the time they left.
Here are some random pictures of the party...

After I uploaded this picture, it looks like that kid is drowning, but he was just going under the water to get a swimming ring.

 Kids having pizza

 Playing pop the balloon game. They really liked this one and even the adults started getting excited and playing.

 After the game we had snow cones. On of the leaders asked me if this was really what snow looked like. It dawned on me that they have never seen snow in their lives. I told her yes and that it's fun to make snowballs out of, and launched one at her. After that, the snow fight began. Bad move on my part, but it was really neat to see the leaders out of their role of primary teacher. They were all having so much fun. In church I think they are very serious.

 Right before they left. One or two of them were laying on the steps almost asleep.  It was 3:00 in the afternoon.

I got home around 3:30 after cleaning up, and about 4:30 it was a down pour of rain. And I thought the weather in Utah was unpredictable.